Economic news worsens but markets continue to rise, marking the final stage of the market cycle. Financial pundits lure sheeple into market, then claim no one saw it coming after crash.

The economic news is getting really bad but markets are still rising. The brief final stage of the market cycle.pic.twitter.com/55ZY4MGgPy https://t.co/rX8hxr3YI3 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 25, 2023 The overwhelming temptation of every financial pundit is to lure sheeple into a …

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Institutions to dump tech stocks in second half after best first half in 40 years. Hedge funds shift to bearish dollar bet, flipping 20,091 contracts to short

Retail gamblers are trapped. After the best first half for Tech stocks in 40 years, institutions are dumping Tech stocks in the second half.https://t.co/It9OGJH69b Retail gamblers are trapped. pic.twitter.com/9ApQOQSKeP — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 10, 2023 Microsoft has been the most …

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Stock market surge deviates from reality; fund managers buy overvalued stocks to catch up. Economic indicators diverge, earnings revised upwards, similar to 2008 financial crisis.

Recent stock market surge deviates from reality, with fund managers buying overvalued stocks to catch up, pushing the market higher. https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1674879653008359424 Look at NAIIM, they are fully invested now. — The Macro Pulse (@TheMacroPulse) June 30, 2023 Nine months down, …

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Short Bets on US Stocks Hit $1 Trillion

Short sellers are ramping up bets against US stocks even as paper losses on the positions surpass $100 billion. Total US short interest, or the amount traders have spent betting against US equities, exceeded $1 trillion this month as the …

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Tech stocks and AI vs the Fed.

Technology stocks are on a tear. Investors can’t agree on whether their recent run looks like the prelude to an eventual bust—like that of the dot-com era—or the start of a more durable rally. Hype around artificial intelligence has helped …

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Adam Hamilton: Gold Stocks Soaring Again

Guest Post by Adam Hamilton at Zeal LLC: The gold miners’ stocks are soaring again, just blasting to new upleg highs this week!  They are following their metal higher and amplifying its gains like usual.  Yet despite their dramatic surges …

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